Workplace Communication Comparison

Complete the following matrix. For each communication method, list its purpose in the workplace, whether it is a technical or expository form of written communication, and why you classified it as such.

|Written communication method |Purpose in the workplace|Technical or expository|Why the classification was chosen | | | |writing | | |E-mail |Either to inform or make|Can be either. |It depends on who they are being written | | |a request | |to and for what it is being written. | |Memo |Either to inform |Technical and |This is because the memo is about a policy| | |employees and or |expository |change and would both explain and state | | |co-workers about changes| |this change. | |Letter |Can be used to commutate|expository |This is chosen since a letter is sent to | | |outside of the business | |an outside business and it is going to | | | | |either try and sell something or explain | | | | |about it. | |Manual |Training material |Technical |This is because a manual is explaining how| | | | |to fix something and how to use...

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Written communication method
Purpose in the workplace
Technical or expository writing
Why the classification was chosen
E-mail
To communicate with others in almost real-time communications
Technical
I feel this depends on the content, but in general, most people prefer emails to be brief, with the main points clear and able to be picked out easily.
Memo
To send out notices or policy changes to large groups of individuals at one time
Expository
In my experience, when memos are given, they are for change. Change is not always taken well, and one of the first things people ask is why. With that in mind, I feel good memos give background on what is being changed and why.
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|Written communication method |Purpose in the workplace|Technical or expository|Why classification was chosen |
| | |writing | |
|E-mail |Written communication |Technical or expository|I often convey technical information within|
| |for audiences within an | |the e-mail communication when explaining |
| |office or outside the | |trouble with a system to management. The |
| |office. | |rest of the office generally uses |
| | | |expository or other types of writing. |
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| |Sending out a general |Technical |business oriented for an intended purpose,|
| |message to a large group| |and may involve particular aspects of the |
| |of employees | |job in detail. |
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What of kind of written messages do you write? What kind of face to face interactions (presentations, meetings, interview, etc) are you involved in? Which of these messages do you regard as relational, which are transformational, which are informational, which are promotional?
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